Re: Winter perennials?
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Winter perennials?
- From: W*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 02:06:30 EDT
Good Day, Louise --
May I suggest the following:
Arum italicum 'Pictum'
This arum is one of the aristocrats of all foliage plants. In the fall, they
push their tightly rolled leaves up through the leaf litter and plant
debris...always a welcome sight. Paired with evergreen ferns, they help give
the garden a furnished feeling. They are perfect for the shady garden. Give
them a good organic soil that stays moist. They are not lovers of dry places.
The leaves come in different sizes in the same clump. Some are small and some
are quite large. This may be because the tubers have increased and some of
the younger tubers throw up smaller leaves. It takes young tubers many years
to grow large enough to produce large, well-marked leaves.
In May, the translucent flowers appear. They're hard to see in a big clump of
foliage and sparsely produced. I really think the weather has something to do
with flower production as my plants seem to have more flowers and set seed
more reliably in the year following a wet year than a dry one.
Everything disappears by the end of June or early July. In September,
stalks of berries appear, slowly turning from green to bright orange-red.
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I believe the above info was provided by Marge Talt, zone 7, Maryland
(mtalt@clark.net)
If you are interested, I can send you more info regarding propagation, etc.
Best Wishes --
Barb
USDA Zone 5, Rock Island, IL
"What this country needs is dirtier fingernails & cleaner minds." Will Rogers
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